F. M. News
K. S. U., Division of Facilities
Newsletter, January 2010
Changes are a
coming!!
When we are no longer able to change a
situation, we are challenged to change
ourselves. ~Victor Frankl
To All Facilities Employees,
2009 is almost over and we are preparing to
celebrate the Christmas Season. It is a
special time of the year and I know it can
be both joyous and stressful but I have over
the years started to realize that the Holiday
will be what we make of it. Let us be
thankful for our family, our health, our
opportunity to work at Kansas State
University, the men and women of our armed
forces, our coworkers, our friends and
neighbors, and most importantly the
opportunity to live in our great country the
United States of America.
And I am very thankful for all of you who
go out every workday and do the best you
can in supporting Kansas State
University.
Have a Great Holiday and a Merry
Christmas.
Ed Rice
And change is just what we will have to do
come January 2010.
1. Date set for the last mailed pay stub:
Beginning with the pay period ending January
23, 2010 … paid February 5, 2010, employee
Self Service will be the only way to view
paycheck/pay advice details. Employees will
no longer receive a pay advice via U.S. Postal
Service. Pay advice/paycheck details are
normally available via Employee Self Service a
week prior to pay day. This is for all direct
deposit checks.
You will need to know your eID and make sure
your K-State email password is active.
If your password is not active, you will need to
contact IT Help Desk at 214 Hale Library to
have it re-set. Take a photo ID if you go in
person. The Helpdesk phone # is 2-7722.
If you need help, check with your supervisor,
Terri Wyrik, Renee Leask, Larry Lee, or Lynn
Salsbury.
2. K-State voice-mail system is changing:
The K-State voice-mail system is being
upgraded on January 8, 2010. Though no
voice-mail will be lost, it will require some
action for current users.
--All voice-mail accounts will require a new
password and the recording of your name.
--Access to any voice-mail messages currently
saved in voice-mail accounts will be accessed
at a different number after the migration.
Those messages will remain available by
calling 532-0000 after January 8.
--The number for accessing voice-mail
messages left after the January 8 upgrade will
remain the same as it is now, 532-2300.
If you would like to set-up your voice-mail on
the new system prior to January 8 you may dial
532-0000 on-campus or 785-532-2000 offcampus.
You will be prompted to record a greeting and
establish a password. The default password for
your mailbox will be 99, followed by the last
four digits of the extension. For example, if an
extension with voice-mail was 2-1234, the
password would be 991234.
For further information, please see the
InfoTech Tuesday article or contact Computing
and Telecommunications Services at 532-7001.
3. Passwords for eIDs must be changed:
December 7, 2009
Lawrence D. Rush was hired
as a Custodial Specialist.
He works for Michael Harris
on the Vet Med Custodial
night crew.
December 14, 2009
Tara L. Terkildsen was
hired as a temporary
Custodial Specialist. She
is working for Warren
Berg on the Custodial day
crew.
Sarai Adel was hired as a
Custodial Specialist. She is
working for Michael Stoddard on
the Custodial night Crew.
Jan. 1 - Feb. 10, 2010, is the timeframe for
changing eID passwords for Spring 2010.
How to change your password?
Sign in to K-State’s home page in the grey area
at the bottom left side of the page. Put your eID
and password in. This will take you to the
eProfile page. Follow the directions to change
your password. If you have problems, call the
Helpdesk at 2-7722.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that
within me there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile
things, but just look what they do when they
stick together.
- Verna M. Kelly
January
Birthdays
1-1 Victoria L’Ecuyer
When asked what she would do if she could
implement a positive change in our
organization, she wrote, “Positive change is a
difficult challenge for most people,” however
she noted, “I feel that the best positive change
we, as a whole could have, is for everyone to
have a positive attitude. Not just with one
another but with everything. It is a lot easier to
handle anything if you look at the positive
rather than dwelling on the negative.”
1-3 Barb Larson
1- 4 Terri Wyrick, Darrell Betzner
1-5 Don Engelken
1-11 Kathy Bolling
1-21 John Lantz, Stephen Anderson
Most people don’t know Kelli loves peace and
quiet! “Generally I am gregarious and tend to
visit, however I love to relax and read a good
book (Patricia Cornwall preferably) especially
if I am in my favorite lawn chair while
camping.”
Thanks Kelli for filling us in on your piece of
the Facilities puzzle.
1-23 Jack Carlson
1-25 Travis Homeier
1- 27 John Woods
1-29 John Hewitt
My Piece
of the
Picture…
Kelli Henderson has been
working in Work Control
for a year and a half.
As part of her job, she tracks
monies and work done on
different projects across
campus; processes storeroom purchase orders,
and enters work orders for repairs needed on
campus.
Salina facilities has their very own “in house”
Santa Claus. Pictured above is a photo of Tony
Reid (Electrician Senior @ KSU at Salina)
playing Santa for the Dean's Christmas party.
Others pictured are Jacqueline Wood, Acad
Advising (elf) and Heather Wagoner,
Continuing Ed (Mrs. Claus).
Tony is “Mr. Christmas” and has done this for
past Christmases, both on the Salina campus
and for others. He organized this visit with
Santa and even had Drew Smith in the Aviation
Dept. announce his landing here at the airport
and taxi his sleigh to our hanger.
He also provided gifts to all that attended this
party. Tony owns several costumes (these plus
the Grinch, snow people, other elves, in
children to adult sizes)
When asked where he got his Christmas spirit?
He replied "My mother loved Christmas and
spreading the joy and I just carry on the gift she
gave me".
Thanks Tony, for all you do!
Kansas weather is always changing and is
rather unpredictable. The new KanDrive web
site could be helpful to staff both in getting to
work and home again, but also when our folks
are on vacation and traveling.
KanDrive is a portal of information. The site
features include:
• An interactive map of Kansas roads, work
zones, traffic incidents and surface-related
weather conditions. (http://511.ksdot.org)
• Snapshots from more than 30 closed-circuit
cameras along I-70 between Topeka and
Colorado and along other highways in the state,
as well as camera views from the KC Scout
system.
• Important messages displayed on roadside
dynamic message signs that advise travelers of
key weather-related driving issues, traffic
accidents, work zones, and AMBER Alerts.
Thanks to Jim Lytle for the story and picture.
KDOT launches
KanDrive, a one-stop
shop for roadway
information and
weather along the
road.
Division of Facilities currently employees
over 350 persons, not counting our students,
and draws a lot of our work force from within
both the cities of Manhattan and Salina.
However more than half of our folks travel to
work from outside the area; some in excess of
50 miles. Many of Facilities staff start their
work day at 5:00 am or after and some night
staff do not leave until after midnight. At the
Power Plant, Utilities has three shifts that run
24 hours a day.
• Links to related helpful transportation
resources, including KC Scout; the future
Wichita Traffic Management Center (TMC);
state, county and city travel maps; links to
neighboring states’ travel information, Kansas
Turnpike information and resources on preparing
for winter travel, rest area locations, Scenic
Byways and more. Look for it at:
http://www.kandrive.org/
A special thanks to everyone
who helped make the
Christmas party a
success!